HDR Shootout #30

[480sparky]

[It is NOT about the artistic or compositional merits of the image itself.

errrrr ... really?
Hence the problem

Fact: ****ty photo + HDR = ****ty HDR photo

The only problem I see is your ****y attitude.

Do the rest of us a favor and go away. If you don't like being here, DON'T COME HERE. Or is that too complicated as well?

I'm done trying to converse with you..... you just are not worth it.

 

[lyonsroar]

perfect example of an image that does not need HDR treatment

What an asinine statement, and exactly the opposite to what is true. Its a good example of why HDR treatment helps improve the visual impact of an image. I appreciate what you said is your opinion, and what Im saying is my opinion. Also those who contribute their images for the Shootouts arent likely to submit their best images, just ones that will have some impact with HDR treatment. If anything this shootout shows the difference between treatment of the same image, good difference and bad difference.

QFT.

This is a perfect candidate for HDR...McNuggett's just got his panties in a twist over nothing.

 

[McNugget801]

[It is NOT about the artistic or compositional merits of the image itself.

errrrr ... really?
Hence the problem

Fact: ****ty photo + HDR = ****ty HDR photo

The only problem I see is your ****y attitude.

Do the rest of us a favor and go away. If you don't like being here, DON'T COME HERE. Or is that too complicated as well?

I'm done trying to converse with you..... you just are not worth it.

Just remember, your part of the problem not the solution.
I told you 3 times I was not trying to be rude... obviously you are.

 

[pathoulihan1]

No, to be perfectly honest this thread was perfectly civil and interesting before you started shoving your opinions into everybody else's face. Your little equation has a fatal flaw, the whole thing is based on your opinion, no fact involved. If you honestly believe that "your opinions"= "fact" then this equation is also true "you"="FOS"

 

[cgipson1]

Just remember, your part of the problem not the solution.
I told you 3 times I was not trying to be rude... obviously you are.

So your concept of not being rude, is coming in and injecting negative opinions no one asked for, and basically saying this is a waste of time? Interesting! I would suggest if you feel that way.. then don't open the thread, you won't need to stress about it, right?

 

[Bynx]

MacNugget, your first statement that this image was not a candidate for HDR is either true or false. You believe it to be true and the rest of the people here believe it to be false. If you can take the 0 EV image and improve it, lets see your results. You are also saying that none of the HDR images are an improvement on the 0 EV image. I will agree that some arent. But some are. Thats based on the skill level of the OP and not on the image itself. If you can make that original statement and believe it, then you obviously dont have a clue about HDR. Perhaps you should just watch a while until you have a better grasp of it before making any more foolish statements. Im not trying to be rude either.

 

[McNugget801]

MacNugget, your first statement that this image was not a candidate for HDR is either true or false. You believe it to be true and the rest of the people here believe it to be false. If you can take the 0 EV image and improve it, lets see your results. You are also saying that none of the HDR images are an improvement on the 0 EV image. I will agree that some arent. But some are. Thats based on the skill level of the OP and not on the image itself. If you can make that original statement and believe it, then you obviously dont have a clue about HDR. Perhaps you should just watch a while until you have a better grasp of it before making any more foolish statements. Im not trying to be rude either.

Hi Bynx... YAWN
I've seen you HDR work, not impressed.

 

[GeorgieGirl]

So you girls are still at it, eh?

 

[Bynx]

McNuggett, I dont think the forum will allow me to call you an a$$hole so Im left with just calling you a rectum orifice. As for impressing you with my work, Id be worried if I did. You got your head on backwards.

 

[McNugget801]

McNuggett, I dont think the forum will allow me to call you an a$$hole so Im left with just calling you a rectum orifice. As for impressing you with my work, Id be worried if I did. You got your head on backwards.

Whatever floats your boat.
Keep up the great work.

 

[mistermonday]

McNugget801, I have a couple of observations I believe to be objective.
You have posted many of your images for critque here and have rec'd considerable feedback from forum members. You have also posted replies in a great many threads. However they tend to be mostly negative and generally not at all constructive feedback. For example one member posed a question about what was captivating about two images submitted for critique. Your reply was a single word - "nothing". You did not provide a single bit of reason or useful feedback. You seem to take a lot but return mostly negativity, which is worse than no reply at all. Some of your work is nice, some have tecnical issues, others have aesthetic ones. The photo of "The Wave" at Coyotte Buttes, is probably one of the worst I have seen, and I have seen many. A number of your posts use expressions like " I would of" ( this or that) and "you should of" (this or that). The correct english is " I would have" or "you should have" etc. However you don't seem to have any grammatical problems with expletives. You are condescending and disrespectful of other forum members and you seem to think that your work is better than everyone else's. It's not really clear to me why you spend any time here at all. One thought that occurs to me when I think of you trekking through the wilderness with your 7D is that you definitely have a chip on your shoulder but I think it's more than a 24 x 36 mm silicon chip.

 

[SlickSalmon]

Let me see if I can sum up this valuable thread:

HDR is a valuable technique
No, it's stupid
Yes, it is a valuable technique
No, it's not
Yes, it is
No, it's not
Yes, it is
No, it's not
Yes, it is
No, it's not

(repeat and insert personal insults as necessary)

Is that about it?

 

[480sparky]

..........Is that about it?

No.... you forgot "All your photos are **** and mine aren't!"

 

[GeorgieGirl]

Can I jump in for a second?....

Here is my two cents....HDR is a fairly controverisal topic to begin with. In this thread I enjoyed seeing the PP work and how everyone's eye saw that same series of photos with their PP work. I enjoy that sort of thing. What I think the issue with HDR is that some people use HDR as a tool to improve technically less than perfect shoots.

I don't think that is wrong any more than taking a photo be it raw or jpeg and working in layers or trying to enhance it for a dodge or a burn effect for example.

I have taken photos that I'm happy to shop the crap out of because its a photo that needs it and I'm not kidding myself about that. That idea is a result of trying to salvage something that is just not pefect. Will that make it a great photo? Will that make it a bad photo? I am not of the mind set that rescued photos are bad photos, and some of those kinds of photos are still pretty good photos.

Is this series of photos bad photos? No. Are the perfect? No. Do they have to be? No.

 

[McNugget801]

McNugget801, I have a couple of observations I believe to be objective.

I appreciate the personal attacks... way to keep things civil and on topic.

Let me see if I can sum up this valuable thread:

HDR is a valuable technique
No, it's stupid
Yes, it is a valuable technique
No, it's not
Yes, it is
Is that about it?

haha, that's about right.

..........Is that about it?

No.... you forgot "All your photos are **** and mine aren't!"

Whoa wait a second.
I don't ever recall saying anything like that.
Feel free re-post my text if I did and I will apologize.